I live in Keokuk and I must say that the course there needs a little work (vandals have damaged the signs, holes ect.). It has a lot of people using it on a daily basis, but if you're not familiar with the area, you'll get lost on the course rather quickly.

The course at Wildcat Springs in Hamilton, Illinois is a good one (there is a tournament there every September) and the one at the city park is OK. The people who manage the courses there keep them in good condition.

It's my hope that the people who manage the course in Keokuk takes a page from Hamilton's playbook and works on maintaining their course and maybe putting up some signs and having the police do something about the vandals.

Sometime this week I'm going to "appropriate" some bolts from work and, hopefully, sometime this weekend replace those that the vandals have taken unless the park board does it for the tournamnet on the 4th.

I played over at Wildcat Springs in Hamilton (across the river) and now I have a new found love for Rand Park. No lost dics.

pdgamember wrote:We went to keokuk for the first time today to play and stopped after hole 6 cause we couldnt find the hole for tee number 7. and the lady that worked there was a bitch and we had to move our truck.

We went over to hamilton illinios and played the 9 hole course there, then wildcat springs.. much better:)

keokuk needs some work to be done to it. and it smelt bad

just my 2 cents

Worked where? I have played this course about 400 times and never had to move my car.

It does need new tee signs, and the tee pads are way too short.

I think they must have one of those sewage systems that overflows into the storm sewers, like they are replacing here in DM. On high runoff times, that creek smells. Or you may have been smelling the Hubbinger/ Heinz/ Roquette (I can't remember the name) plant. When the wind is right, it smells kind of like East Des Moines can smell.

Can't really make a good judgement if you only played 6 holes. I've said it before and will say it again, this course kicks ass in my opinion. It has held up well for having been installed in 1979.